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What was once an industrial site dominated by a glass factory and a towering smokestack has been transformed into a sprawling public park in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Ariel-Foundation Park, now covering 250 acres, combines remnants of the city’s industrial past with lakes, trails, gardens and an unusual observation tower built around a historic smokestack. The...

NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate will start a drive against fraud under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, including cases of alleged collusive resolutions involving disproportionately large haircuts which helped defaulting promoters re-acquire assets.In a direction to zonal offices during a three-day high-level meeting of the agency’s special directors in Bengaluru, ED director Rahul Navin asked them to...

NEW DELHI: Meta will report child-safety matters directly to India’s national cybercrime portal, the company said, amid mounting govt scrutiny over allegations that paid advertisements linked to child sexual abuse material (CSAM) appeared on Instagram.Until now, Meta primarily routed child-safety reports through the US-based National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The commitment will establish...

Pic credit: Beverly Hills estate In 2010, an investor bought Bel-Air founder Alphonzo Bell’s 1928 estate for $5.5 million; after a five-year restoration, the 10,600-sq-ft mansion is asking $32.5 millionA 1928 mansion that Bel-Air’s founder built for himself has hit the market, with an asking price of $32.5 million. The sale comes after a comprehensive...

Egyptian Mummy (Representative image) An ancient Egyptian mummy discovered in Thebes in 1935 has left scientists trying to explain one unusual detail for decades: her face appears frozen in a scream. The woman was buried about 3,000 years ago and had received an expensive burial treatment, making it unlikely that her strange expression was simply...

Asgar Ali Vora met the PM on Sept 8 and sought his intervention in the land disp­u­te Bhayander: Days after an 81-year-old Mira Road resident met his schoolmate, PM Narendra Modi, alleging encroachment of his land in Bhayander by a construction firm owned by BJP MLA Narendra Mehta, the politician said on Tuesday that he...

Omar praises Centre for Brics SRINAGAR: The condemnation of Pahalgam terror attack in the Brics declaration earned praise for India’s foreign policy from Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday, but the National Conference vice-president hit out at the Centre over what he called an attempt to bring in the Uniform Civil Code...

Representational image JAMMU: Police in J&K said they have busted an LeT network in Pir Panjal region with the arrest of three suspects and seizure of IED .Separately, police on Monday attached immovable property belonging to a suspected terror handler in Rajouri district.According to police, the arrested have been identified as Zakir Hussain, Mohammed Azam...

Prototype of the dress Kolkata: The foot soldiers of Kolkata Police are poised for an unmistakable visual transformation this Durga Puja. Moving away from its decades-old white-and-blue aesthetic, the force is rolling out a shade of orange across its staggering 20,000-strong non-cop crowd-management ranks for this year’s pujas.Lalbazar has officially floated a Rs 89 lakh...

NCPCR summons Meta India chief (representative image) NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has again summoned the managing director and head of Meta India in connection with its inquiry into alleged Child Sexual Exploitative and Abuse Material (CSEAM) advertisements on the platform.The Commission has fixed September 16 for the next...